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The Junior Text-Book 



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Junior Text-Book 



A Manual of Questions and Answers on 

Junior Christian Endeavor Work 

FOR Superintendents and Members 

OF Junior Societies of 

Christian Endeavor 



By AMOS R. WELLS 

Editorial Secretary of the United Society of Chriman Endeavor 
and Author of ** The Junior Manual^'''' etc. 




BOSTON AND CHICAGO 
UNITED SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 



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How To Use This Book 

The various chapters of this book are pub- 
lished as separate leaflets, and are sold by the 
United Society of Christian Endeavor either 
separately or in quantities. It is recommended 
that Junior societies obtain a supply of them 
sufficient to give every member of the society 
a copy of each of the first three leaflets (Chap- 
ters I., 11. , and III. of this book), and that every 
officer and committee member receive the 
leaflet discussing his work. A copy of the 
leaflet for prayer-meeting leaders (Chapter 
XX.) may well be placed in the hands of the 
successive leaders of your meetings, and the 
leaflet for preparatory members (Chapter XXI.) 
may be given to those members. The leaflets 
on the Quiet Hour and the Tenth Legion are 
for general distribution when it is desired to 
arouse special interest in these subjects. 

It is hoped that the societies everywhere will 
adopt a rule that each officer and committee 
member shall, within a month after election, 
pass (75%) an examination in the work of his 
office, or else cease to hold it. The questions 
given here will be asked by the superintendent, 
and it is partly for the superintendent's conve- 

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nience that the leaflets have been gathered into 
the present volume. 

Also, many superintendents will wish to form 
the older Juniors into classes for the study of 
this book, that they may become acquainted 
with all lines of Junior work. The officers of the 
society, especially, should take this course; so 
should the Junior committee of the Young Peo- 
ple's society. All members of such a class 
should have copies of the text-book. 

Conferences of Junior workers are often held 
in connection with Christian Endeavor conven- 
tions and summer schools. Classes in Junior 
methods may well be formed at such times, 
and this book will serve as a convenient and 
comprehensive text-book. The questions and 
answers will serve as bases of discussion, and 
essays and talks on topics suggested by these 
studies will be assigned by the leader according 
to the time at the disposal of the class. 

AMOS R. WELLS. 

Boston, 



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Contents 

CHAPTER PAGE 

I. The Prayer Meeting 9 

11. The Pledge 13 

III. Christian Endeavor History and 

Principles 17 

IV. The President 21 

V. The Vice-President 25 

VI. The Secretary 29 

VII. The Treasurer 33 

VIII. The Lookout Committee 37 

IX. The Prayer- Meeting Committee . 41 

X. The Missionary Committee 45 

XI. The Social Committee 49 

XII. The Music Committee 53 

XIII. The Flower Committee 57 

XIV. The Information Committee ... 61 
XV. The Temperance Committee ... 65 

XVI. The Good-Literature Committee 69 

XVII. The Birthday Committee 73 

XVIII. The Sunshine Committee 77 

XIX. The Scrap-Book Committee 81 

XX. Prayer-Meeting Leaders 85 

XXI. Preparatory Members... 89 

XXII. The Quiet Hour 93 

XXm. The Tenth Legion 97 



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Chapter I 
The Prayer Meeting 

What is the purpose of a prayer meeting? 

To talk together about the highest and most 
important things, to show others that we love 
Christ, to pray to Christ and sing His praises 
and learn about Him, and to receive the help 
that He always gives those who meet together 
in His name. 

Why should we take part in the prayer meeting? 

Because we have promised to do so, and we 
have promised because taking part in prayer 
meeting will strengthen us, help us, and please 
Christ. 

How will our taking part in prayer meeting 
strengthen us? 

It will give us confidence in ourselves. It will 
develop our powers of speaking in public and 
quicken our minds. It will train us for work in 
the older part of the church. It will make us 
more successful when we go out to do a man's 

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or a woman's work in the world. Best of all, it 
will strengthen our good purposes and make us 
better and wiser. 

How will our taking part in prayer meeting 
help others? 

It will show them that we are trying to follow 
Christ, and so will give them courage to lead the 
Christian life. It will show them how to do 
work in the Junior society, and so help them to 
grow. 

How will our taking part in the prayer meeting 
please Christ? 

He wants us to be strong, manly Christians. 
He is glad to have us show that we love Him and 
are trying to do His will. He can come nearer to 
us when thus we try to get close to Him. 

How can we overcome timidity in the meet- 
ings? 

By remembering that Christ is ready to help 
us, and by forgetting about every one but His 
kind, loving presence. Also by remembering 
that we are not afraid of this Junior and that 
Junior — not afraid of any one of them sepa- 

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rately. Why, then, should we be afraid of them 
all together ? 

How can we prepare to take part in the meet- 
ing? 

We should begin our preparation for the next 
meeting as soon as the last one is over. We 
should read the subject of the meeting, and then 
the Bible verses given, and carry them in our 
minds, thinking them over and asking Jesus to 
give us some helpful thought on the subject. If 
we keep our minds upon the subject we are quite 
sure to read something or see something or hear 
something or think of something that will give 
a helpful thought to express in the meeting. 

What is the first step in taking part in the 
meeting? 

We may read a Bible verse or some other 
quotation. We should read it over often before- 
hand and become quite familiar with it. In the 
meeting we should read it loudly, so that all 
may hear. 

What is the next step? 

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To commit a Bible verse or a quotation to 
memory, and repeat it, rather than read it. 

What is the next step? 

To add something of our own to the quota- 
tion, though it is only a sentence telling how it 
has helped us and what use we have made of it. 

What is the next step? 

To give a sentence prayer. At first we may 
commit to memory some of the Bible prayers — 
the Psalms are full of them ; then we shall go on 
to offer little prayers of our own. 

What is the purpose of our prayer-meeting 
work? 

To please Jesus and do His will. 



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Chapter II 
The Junior Pledge 

Why do we have a pledge in the Junior 
society? 

Because having our duty written out and 
placed definitely before us helps us. Also be- 
cause we are helped by promising to do our 
duty; we are far more likely to do it than if we 
had not promised. 

But is it not better not to promise than to 
promise and fail to keep the pledge? 

Yes, but better than either is it to promise 
and to keep the promise ! To be afraid of making 
promises is cowardly; it is a confession that we 
are weak. 

How will keeping the Junior pledge help us 
all through our lives? 

It will strengthen our wills, which are so 
powerful in making us successful in life. Besides, 
we are required to make many pledges in life, 

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and being true to the Junior pledge will help us 
to be true to all these other pledges. 

What is the first promise of the pledge? 

That we will try to do whatever Christ would 
like to have us do. It is the broadest promise of 
the pledge. 

How can we know what Christ would like to 
have us do? 

By reading the Bible, which tells His will for 
us, and by praying and asking Him to make His 
will very plain to us. Also by getting the advice 
of older and wiser Christians, such as our 
parents and teachers and the Junior superin- 
tendent and the pastor. 

Why do we promise to pray every day? 

Because we need every day the strength and 
wisdom and comfort that prayer will give us. 
We talk every day with our earthly fathers; 
still more should we talk every day with our 
heavenly Father. 

Why do we promise to read the Bible every 
day? 

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Because the Bible is our guide in life, and we 
need daily guidance for the tasks and perplexi- 
ties of every day. The Bible is the food of our 
spirits, and we need to feed our spirits every day 
as well as our bodies. 

What is meant by trying to lead a Christian 
life? 

Just what is said in the first part of the pledge : 
that we will try to do what Christ wants us to 
do. We will let His will guide us in our work 
and play and talking and thinking and in every 
part of our lives, just so far as we know how. 

What do we promise that refers to the Junior 
society? 

To be present at every meeting when we can, 
and to take some part in every meeting. 

What kind of taking part in the meeting will 
keep the pledge? 

The kind that we think would be pleasing to 
Christ. He does not want our talking for Him 
and about Him to be a burden to us, and yet 
He does want us to grow in this power of Chris- 

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tian speech, as in all other powers. He wants us 
to learn as soon as possible to talk to others 
freely and easily and helpfully about religious 
matters. Therefore we are to begin by reading 
a verse, and then go on to repeat it from mem- 
ory, and then add something of our own to it, 
and then offer a sentence prayer, and so on. We 
are to press on in prayer-meeting work in order 
to become more useful Christians. 

How can we be able to do all this? 

As the first sentence of the pledge says, 
* Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for strength.'' 
If any part of the pledge seems hard, we have 
only to remember that Christ with His infinite 
wisdom and power is ready to help us keep it. 



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Chapter III 

Christian Endeavor History and 
Principles 

Who founded the Young People's Society of 
Christian Endeavor? 

Rev. Francis E. Clark, at that time the pastor 
of the WilHston Congregational Church in 
Portland, Maine. 

When and where was it founded? 

On the evening of February 2, 1881, in the 
parsonage of Williston Church. 

Where and when was the second society 
formed? 

In Newburyport, Massachusetts, in October 
of the same year. 

Where and when was the first Christian En- 
deavor convention held? 

It was held in Williston Church, in June, 1882, 
when only six societies were recorded. 

What was the first Christian Endeavor book? 

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Dr. Clark's book, ''Children and the Church/* 
published in 1883. 

When and where was the first Junior society 
formed? 

On March 29, 1883, in the First Congrega- 
tional Church of Berkeley, Cal., whose pastor 
was Rev. Charles A. Savage. Perhaps the second 
society was that formed in the Congregational 
Church of Tabor, lo., exactly a year later, the 
pastor being Rev. J. W. Cowan. 

When and where was the national organiza- 
tion, the United Society of Christian Endeavor, 
formed? 

At the national Convention held in Old 
Orchard, Maine, July, 1885. 

When and where was the first Christian En- 
deavor local union formed? 

In January, 1886, in New Haven, Connecticut. 

When was the Christian Endeavor paper, 
"The Golden Rule," now "The Christian En- 
deavor World," established? 

In October, 1886. 

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When did Dr. Clark become president of the 
United Society of Christian Endeavor, giving up 
from that time his entire life to the work? 

In 1886. 

When was Christian Endeavor Day, the 
birthday of our society, first observed? 

In 1888. 

When was the Junior paper, "The Junior 
Christian Endeavor World," established? 

In January, 1893. 

Who is the general secretary of the United 
Society? 

Mr. William Shaw, who was one of the earliest 
members of the Christian Endeavor society. 

At what national Christian Endeavor Con- 
vention was the first Junior rally held? 

At that of New York City in 1892, when 
35,000 Endeavorers came together. 

In what cities have World's Christian En* 
deavor Conventions been held? 

In Washington; London, England; Geneva, 

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Switzerland; and Agra, India. The next is in 
Sydney, Australia. 

Where are Christian Endeavor societies to be 
found? 

In every countr}^ of the globe, but especially 
in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, 
Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, India, 
China, and Japan. 

What are the leading principles of Christian 
Endeavor? 

Pledged service of Christ. Regular witness- 
bearing for Christ. Daily prayer and Bible- 
reading. Loyalty to the church. Training in 
committee work. Fellowship with those of other 
churches. 



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Chapter IV 
The President 

What is the work of the Junior president? 

To preside at the Jtinior business meetings 
and the meetings of the Junior executive com- 
mittee, and to help the superintendent in the 
general management of the Junior society. 

What is the first thing to do in the business 
meeting? 

The president says, 'The society will please 
come to order." 

What comes next? 

The president says, 'The secretary will read 
the minutes of the last business meeting." Then, 
when the minutes have been read, the president 
asks: ''Are there any corrections of the min- 
utes?" If there are, the president instructs the 
secretary to make the corrections; and finally, 
in any case, the president says, "The minutes 
stand approved." 

What comes next in order? 

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The reports of the secretary, and treasurer, 
and of the regular committees. The last will be 
made by the chairman of each committee. After 
each report the president says, ''If there is no 
objection, the report will be placed on file"; 
when it will be handed to the secretary for 
preservation. 

What follows next in order? 

Unfinished business, for which the president 
will call. Under this head will come all matters 
left unfinished at the last meeting, including the 
reports of special committees, and whatever has 
been **laid on the table" for further consider- 
ation. 

What is the final item of the business meetings? 

New business, for which the president will 
call: "Is there any new business?" It will then 
be in order for any Junior to introduce any new 
proposal. The proper way is for the Junior to 
put his proposal in the form of a resolution: 
'*Mr. President, I move that ." The presi- 
dent will then say, "Is the motion seconded?" 
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'*Are there any remarks?" After all have spoken 
that wish to, the president will ask, **Are you 
ready for the motion ? All in favor of the motion 
will say *Aye'; contrary-minded, *No,*'' or, *'A11 
in favor will raise the hand. Contrary-minded, 
the same sign." The president will announce 
the result: 'The motion is carried," (or, **The 
motion is lost"). 

What if a motion is made to amend the 
motion? 

Then the motion to amend must be put first, 
and after it is carried the original motion must 
be put as it has been amended; if it is not car- 
ried, then the original motion must be put as it 
was made at first. 

How is the business meeting closed? 

The president asks, **Is there any more new 
business? If not, a motion to adjourn is in 
order." Some one moves that the society ad- 
journ, and the motion is put in the usual way. 
If it is carried, the president says, 'The society 
stands adjourned." 

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How are meetings of the executive committee 
conducted? 

In the same way. The chairmen and officers 
present will report as they report to the society, 
but not in writing or so formally. 

How will the president help the superintendent 
in managing the society? 

The two will consult together all the time. 
The president will see that the other officers 
and the committees do their duty, and will aid 
the superintendent in all the ways suggested. 
But he will not do anything of importance with- 
out getting her advice and following it. 



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Chapter V 
The Vice-President 

What is the work of the vice-president? 

To attend to the president's duties in his 
absence, and when he is present to help him in 

every way. 

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How can the vice-president learn what the 

president's duties are? 

By watching the president. Also he will be 
asked by the president to act as president now 
and then, even when the president is in the 
meeting, so as to accustom him to the president's 
duties. 

What if the president does not do this? 

Then this chapter may be shown him, with the 
suggestion that he should do so occasionally. 

How can the vice-president help the president 
in his work? 

Part of the president's work is to see to the 
other officers and the committees and spur them 

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on to do their full duty. The vice-president may 
arrange to do this for certain committees, and 
so relieve the president to that extent. For in- 
stance, he may arrange to be present at the 
meetings of the scrap-book committee and 
flower committee and music committee and 
birthday committee. 

What will the vice-president do when he at- 
tends these committee meetings? 

He will make suggestions for work that may 
be done, and will help the committee plan the 
work. To be able to do this the vice-president, 
like the president, should study the Junior work 
in many branches. Reading the different chap- 
ters of this book is the best way of doing this. 

How can the vice-president help the president 
in the meetings of the Junior society? 

He may sit on one side of the room and the 
president on the other side, and each will be 
ready to act as president on his side of the 
room. For instance, if a hymn is called for but in 
a voice that cannot be heard, the president or 
the vice-president may announce the number in 

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a clear voice. If there is any disorder, the presi- 
dent and the vice-president may quietly stop it. 

How can the vice-president help in the busi- 
ness meetings? 

If a motion ought to be made and the Juniors 
hesitate about making it, the vice-president 
may make it. Whenever the meeting hitches in 
any way the vice-president may help it along. 

How can the vice-president help in the meet- 
ings of the executive committee? 

Once in a while, when the president invites 
him, he may preside over the committee meet- 
ing. At all times he may be ready with sugges- 
tions for plans of work and with praise of what 
has been done, to encourage the other Juniors. 

How can the president and the vice-president 
be sure to work well together? 

They should often talk over the work of the 
society together, and each should know what the 
other is trying to bring about. They should be 
real Christian Endeavor partners. Every true 
partnership greatly strengthens the partners, 

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and it will be this way with the president and 
the vice-president. 

Will the vice-president be made president in 
his turn? 

He may and he may not; that depends upon 
many things. But, at any rate, he will be in 
training to become president if the society and 
the superintendent think best, and he will have 
developed himself splendidly by his service as 
vice-president. 



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Chapter VI 

The Secretary 

What are the duties of the Junior secretary? 

To keep the minutes of the society business 
meetings and of the meetings of the executive 
committee. Also to keep the Hst of the members 
and a record of their attendance. Also to notify 
officers and committees of their election, and 
sometimes to carry on correspondence for the 
society. 

What should the secretary put down in the 
minutes of the business meetings? 

First, the statement that the society met on 
such a day in such a month and year and at such 
a time of day. Then, that the minutes of the last 
meeting were read and approved, with or with- 
out corrections, as the case may be. Then will 
follow an account of the reports of officers and 
committees, giving the most important points 
made by each. Then an account of whatever 
V^usiness is brought up, old or new. The minutes 

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will tell about all motions that were made and 
carried, and it is also well to record, for the in- 
formation of the society, the motions that were 
made and not carried. If officers or new members 
are elected, their names will be given. 

When will the secretary write out the notes 
taken during the business meeting? 

Just as soon as possible, so that their meaning 
will not be forgotten. They will not be written 
out in the record-book of the society, however, 
till the}^ have been approved by the society. 
Then they should be copied as soon as possible, 
so as to be ready for reference. The secretary 
will always take her record-book to the business 
meetings, so as to tell the society, if asked, what 
was done at any meeting. 

What will the secretary do when members are 
voted in or officers or committees elected? 

The secretary will write a nice note to each 
new member telling him that he has been elected 
to membership in the society, and that you are 
all glad and hope that he will get much good 
from the society and give much that is good to 

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the society. To the chosen officers and com- 
mittees the secretary will always write, telling 
each that at the last business meeting he was 
elected to such a place. 

How will the secretary keep the list of names 
of the members? 

The active members will be kept separate 
from the preparatory members. 

Each will sign the constitution book and will 
place after his name the date of signing and the 
address — street and ntmiber. The birthday 
should also be written down, for the sake of the 
birthday committee. 

How will the secretary call the roll at the 
consecration meetings? 

For this purpose the secretary will have a 
separate book in which she will keep a record of 
attendance. Arrange the names in alphabetical 
order, but do not always call them in that order. 
Sometimes call them in irregular order, so that 
the Juniors will need to watch carefully to know 
when they should take part. 

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What is especially necessary for a secretary to 
do in calling the roll? 

Speak very distinctly and promptly. Do not 
let it drag. Much of the success of the consecra- 
tion meeting depends on the way the secretary 
calls the roll. 



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Chapter VII 
The Treasurer 

What is the duty of the Junior treasurer? 

To take care of the money of the society and 
pay it out when called upon to do so by the 
proper persons. 

How will the treasurer take care of the soci- 
ety's money? 

It must be kept in a safe place and always 
kept separate from the treasurer's own money. 
The treasurer will never borrow from it, but will 
always be ready to hand it over — all of it — if 
the society wants it. 

How will the treasurer keep account of the 
society's money? 

He will have a society account-book and will 
enter on the left-hand page all the money he 
receives, and on the right-hand page all the 
money he pays out. The first page will be headed, 
^'Receipts/' and the second page, ** Expendi- 
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How will the receipts be entered? 

Each receipt will be dated and will say from 
whom, or on what occasion, the money is re- 
ceived, and then will follow the amount, as: 

Jan. 27. Monthly collection ... $ .37 
Apr. 6. Proceeds of the Junior enter- 
tainment 10.25 

How will the expenditures be entered? 

The date and person to whom, or the object to 

which, the money is given, and the amount; as: 

Sept. 12. To Sarah Grant for expenses 

of the social Sept. 3 . . $1.50 

Who will give orders for the treasurer to pay 
money from the treasury? 

Your society constitution will tell. Usually it 
is best for the superintendent alone to give these 
orders. 

How will the society money be obtained? 

The best way is for each Junior to agree to 
give so much every month. Then give each 
Jimior twelve little envelopes bearing the same 
number — a nimiber placed opposite the Junior's 
name on the treasurer's record-book. At each 

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consecration meeting the Jtinior will put into 
the contribution-box one of his envelopes with 
the sum in it which he promised. The treasurer 
will enter the sum opposite his name. 

How much should be given by each Junior? 

Only what he and his parents can well afford ; 
but urge that each Junior give something, if only 
a cent a month. The treasurer will tell the total 
amount received, but will not tell how much 
each Junior gives. 

What if a Junior does not pay what he prom- 
ises? 

The treasurer will remind him of his failure 
at once, without waiting for the sums due to 
accumulate. He will say, **You have forgotten 
to bring your society dues, and I will call for the 
money, so that I can keep the treasury full." 

What is the society "budget"? 

It is a list made out at the beginning of the 
year of the different objects to which the society 
would like to give and the amount of money it 
expects to raise for each during the year. In- 

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elude the society expenses in the budget. Make 
a reasonable budget, and then work hard to 
raise the full amount you set out to raise. 

Who will lead the society in raising and earn- 
ing the money? 

The treasurer, with the help of the appropriate 
committees, such as the missionary and the 
social. 



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Chapter VIII 

The Lookout Committee 

Why is the lookout committee so called? 

Because it looks out for all opportunities of 
improving the society. 

What are the two directions in which the 
lookout committee is to look out? 

It is to look out for new members, and it is to 
look out for the old members that they may be 
kept faithful. 

How may the lookout committee look out for 
new members? 

It may meet with the superintendent and 
make out a list of all the boys and girls that 
ought to join the Junior society. These names 
will be divided up among the members of the 
committee for each to invite to join the society. 

What are the best ways of getting new mem- 
bers to join the society? 

Tell them about the society, asking them if 

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they would not like to go to one of the meetings 
and see how they enjoy it. Tell them that you 
want them to join the society, if they will, after 
they have seen what it is like. Then go after 
them and bring them to the meeting, intro- 
ducing them to the others and making them 
have a good time. 

How can the committee make sure that the 
new members are in earnest when they join? 

Be sure to show them the Junior pledge and 
go over it sentence by sentence, explaining all 
parts of it. The superintendent will help the 
committee do this. It is best for the new mem- 
bers to come in first as preparatory members, 
unless you are sure of their earnestness. 

What if one member of the committee fails to 
win the boy or the girl whom you want to win? 

Then other members of the committee will 
make the attempt, or other members of the 
society, till some one succeeds. 

How may the committee set the new mem- 
bers to work? 

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Get the prayer-meeting committee to give 
them some definite work to do in the prayer 
meeting. See that they are placed upon some 
committee. Give them some part in preparing 
for the next social. See that the other members 
of the society take them in and make them feel 
at home. 

How can the lookout committee keep the 
members of the society faithful? 

Divide up the members of the society among 
the members of the committee, each to keep a 
record of the attendance of those assigned to 
him, and of their participation in each meeting. 
Send a copy of this record to each member once 
a month. 

How can the committee remind the members 
of their pledge? 

By having a copy of the pledge hung before 
the society. By having the pledge repeated in 
every consecration meeting. By seeing that each 
member of the society has a private copy of the 
pledge hung in his or her sleeping-room. By 
having different Juniors write and read two- 

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minute essays on the different sections of the 
pledge, one section at each consecration meeting. 

What can the lookout committee do for the 
preparatory members? 

It can divide them among the members of the 
committee, like the active members, and watch 
that they are regular in attendance. It can urge 
them to take some simple part in the meetings 
and go on to harder parts. 



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Chapter IX 
The Prayer-Meeting Committee 

What is the work of the prayer-meeting com- 
mittee? 

To arrange for the prayer meetings, and to do 
all it can to make the prayer meetings successful. 

Who should lead the meetings? 

All of the active members, in time, and as 
fast as they can be trained to do it. 

What are some ways of training the leaders? 

Those that are at first too timid to lead a 
meeting by themselves may be willing to lead 
with an older member, the two sitting together 
before the society and the timid member doing 
the easier parts of the leading. After a while the 
timid member will become willing to lead by 
himself or herself. 

How can the prayer-meeting committee help 
the members to take part in the meetings? 

By copying the questions given in The 

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Junior Christian Endeavor World and giving 
them out for the Juniors to answer. In The 
Junior Christian Endeavor World topics are also 
given for them to speak upon, and these should 
be given to the older Juniors. Thoughts are 
also given for the Juniors to tell in their own 
words, adding what they can of their own 
thoughts, and these will be copied and given out 
by the committee. 

What use will the committee make of Bible 
verses? 

It will sometimes give out Bible verses a week 
in advance, asking the Jimiors to commit them 
to memory and repeat them in the meeting. The 
committee will ask the more experienced Juniors 
to add some thought of their own to the verses. 

How will the committee help the Juniors to 
put more prayers into the meetings? 

The committee may call for sentence prayers 
and start them themselves. A member of the 
committee will simply say, "Will not many 
follow me in sentence prayers?" Then a member 
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and the other members of the committee will 
follow promptly. 

What are prayer trios? 

Two members of the committee will arrange 
with some beginner that one of the committee 
will offer a brief prayer, then the beginner will 
pray, and then the other member of the com- 
mittee will pray. Thus the beginner will be 
sandwiched in between two others. 

What else will the committee do for the 
prayer meeting? 

It may give out a recitation appropriate to 
the subject and have it repeated in the meeting. 
Every week The Christian Endeavor World 
gives such a recitation. One of the committee 
may give a chalk-talk. The pictures are given 
every week in The Christian Endeavor World, 
and many Juniors actually copy them and give 
a little talk about them before the society. An 
outline object- talk is also given in The Christian 
Endeavor World each week, and a little anec- 
dote to be told, and these also will be used. 

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How may the committee introduce older 
speakers? 

Of course the committee in all its plans will 
leave room for the superintendent's talk, and 
indeed the entire plan will be made out in con- 
sultation with the superintendent. When the 
superintendent thinks it best, the committee 
may invite some older person to come and give a 
brief talk to the Juniors — the pastor or the 
Sunday-school superintendent or some parent 
or a member of the older Christian Endeavor 
society. 



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Chapter X 
The Missionary Committee 

What, in brief, is the work of the Junior 
missionary committee? 

To conduct the Junior missionary meetings, 
or at least help in every way to make them suc- 
cessful; and to further an interest in missions 
among the Juniors. 

What is a good way to plan for the Junior 
missionary meetings? 

Divide the society into Junior missionary 
bands, one for each missionary meeting of the 
year, and let each band study to make its meet- 
ing the best of the year. The missionary com- 
mittee members may divide themselves among 
these bands, each to superintend one of them and 
lead its meeting. 

What are some features that should be in 
most, if not all, missionary meetings? 

The map should be used freely, all places 
mentioned being pointed out. A free use should 

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be made of pictures, and all that can be found 
that bear on the subject of the meeting should 
be placed on the wall or passed around for the 
inspection of the Juniors. Always the work 
done by your own denomination in the land 
under discussion should be described. 

What use should be made of clippings about 
missionary fields? 

They should be used freely, but every effort 
should be made to have the Juniors repeat from 
memory what they contain as well as they can, 
and never read them. To give only a small part 
of a clipping in one's own words is far better 
than to read it all. 

How will missionary clippings be gathered? 

They may be collected by the scrap-book 
committee as well as the missionary committee. 
They will be obtained from missionary and 
other religious periodicals, and many good 
things may be copied from books. They will be 
preserved in a series of envelopes, one for each 
of the missionary countries, and others for dif- 
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Indians, negroes, Chinese in America, emigrants, 
home-mission schools, city missions. 

How will pictures be kept? 

They also will be gathered from the same 
sources, and picture postal cards will also be 
collected. These will be kept in envelopes, 
classified like the clippings. 

What will the committee do in regard to the 
missionary magazines? 

There are missionary papers and magazines 
for children in several denominations, and there 
is Everyland, a magazine of foreign missions for 
all denominations. Also there is much for 
Juniors in the grown-up missionary periodicals. 
The missionary committee will get subscribers 
for the children's magazines and will lend them 
around among the members, marking the most 
interesting parts. 

What will the committee do to interest the 
Juniors in missionary books? 

It will itself read the missionary books and 
will recommend to the Juniors those that it 

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finds most interesting. Especially it will call 
attention to the missionary books in the Sun- 
day-school and public library. 

What are some missionary lives in which 
Juniors will be especially interested? 

Those of Livingstone, Carey, John Williams, 
Alexander Mackay, James Chalmers, John G. 
Paton, James Gilmour, Henry Martyn, Marcus 
Whitman, and Dr. Grenfell. Most of these are 
specially written for children. 



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Chapter XI 
The Social Committee 

What is the social committee to do? 

It is to plan the Junior socials with the super- 
intendent, and help in carrying them out. It is 
also to help the superintendent in welcoming 
new members and making them feel at home, 
and in the rest of the social life of the society. 

How often should Junior socials be held? 

That depends upon how many other social 
entertainments the members of the society 
have. As many socials should be held as seem 
to be needed to keep the members interested 
and to join them pleasantly together. 

Where should the socials be held? 

In the church vestry, if that is a good place 
and the church is in favor of its being used in 
that way. In any case it is well often to hold 
the Junior socials in the homes of the members, 
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When shoxild the socials be held? 

Preferably in the afternoon; if they are held 
in the evening it is hard to plan for getting the 
Juniors safely home, and they are likely to stay 
up too late. 

Should refreshments be served at Junior 
socials? 

If it can easily be arranged, simple refresh- 
ments will add much to the interest of the 
Juniors; but the refreshments should be very 
simple and inexpensive, such as nuts and 
apples, or cake and lemonade or home-made 
water ice. 

How will the committee plan the socials? 

Very thoroughly, so that nothing will be left 
to chance or to the decision of the moment, but 
every part of the time will be laid out in advance. 
Have a definite written programme. 

What should come first in a social? 

Some game that brings in everybody in a 
simple way, such as gathering the autographs of 
all present, a little reward being given to the 

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one that gathers the most in a certain time. The 
first game is for the purpose of getting the 
strangers acquainted. 

What kinds of games are to be played? 

Those that are sensible. Of course, no kissing 
games. Games of skill, that bring out the ability 
of the members. These are far more interesting 
than the silly games in which thoughtless young 
people indulge. For example, * 'proverbs" is a 
good game; so is * 'throwing the handkerchief," 
because it depends upon bodily activity; so is 
**twenty questions," or ''clumps." 

How should a social be ended? 

Right at the appointed time for closing. 
Gather the Juniors together and have them sing 
a well-known hymn, and then the superintend- 
ent will offer a prayer and the social will be 
ended. 

Who will be invited to the social? 

All the Juniors, active and preparatory mem- 
bers. Also the Junior committee of the older 
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wife. Sometimes the society will give a social 
to the parents of the Juniors, with some enter- 
tainment in which they can join. Once a year a 
social may be held for boys and girls that are 
not members of the society, just to get them in- 
terested in the society and lead them to attend 
the meetings and at last to join. 

What other social work will the social com- 
mittee do? 

It will see that there are no lonely or ''left 
out" members in the Junior society, and it will 
do its best to break up all "cliques" and "sets." 
These have no place in a society of young Chris- 
tians. Its aim will be to illustrate in every way 
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Chapter XII 

The Music Committee 

What is the work of the music committee? 

To improve the singing of the society and to 
do what it can for the music of the society in 
general. 

How will the music committee help the prayer 
meetings? 

By getting up special music and by getting 
the Jtmiors to sing more heartily. 

What special music may the committee get up? 

It will get different Juniors to sing solos now 
and then. These solos may be simply hymns; 
but whatever they are, they should be suited to 
the subject of the meeting. If, for instance, it 
is a missionary or a temperance meeting, the 
solos should be missionary hymns or temperance 
hymns. 

What other special singing may be intro- 
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Duets or quartettes or choruses. These will 
be carefully practised well in advance. 

What instrumental music may be obtained by 
the committee? 

Some of the Jimiors may play the violin or 
the violoncello or the cornet, and other instru- 
ments, and they will give solos or accompany 
the singing. Others will play upon the piano or 
organ. Indeed, sometimes the drum may be 
used, or the fife. 

What about whistling? 

Many Junior superintendents have the boys 
whistle the tunes now and then, and if it is done 
reverently it produces a fine effect. 

What larger musical organizations may be 
formed? 

A Junior orchestra, bringing together all the 
Jimiors that play musical instrtunents. A 
Jtmior choir, bringing together all that sing. 
These should be trained by good leaders. 

What use may be made of the Junior singers 
and orchestra outside the Junior meetings? 

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They may now and then be used in the church 
services, and they may play in entertainments 
of different kinds, at outdoor gatherings, and 
in public institutions. There will be many occa- 
sions when they will be useful. 

How may the Juniors be made familiar with 
their song-book? 

You may have musical socials now and then 
at which singing is the principal feature. At 
these socials sing mainly the songs in your 
hymnal with which you are not familiar. You 
will make many new friends. 

What are some ways of giving variety to the 
singing? 

Have the prayer songs sung with bowed 
heads. Sometimes have a few singers go out of 
the room and repeat each stanza of a hymn 
after the society has sung it; this **echo'' will be 
most pleasing. Sometimes have the boys sing a 
stanza and the girls the next stanza. Sometimes 
have the right and left halves of the society sing 
alternate stanzas. Sometimes have a hymn 
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sung. Sometimes have a marching hymn sung 
while the society marches around the room. 
Sometimes have the society commit hymns to 
memory. The Junior Christian Endeavor World 
gives a memory hymn every month, teUing 
about the writer of it. Have the committees 
choose committee hymns, and have the society 
choose a consecration hymn which it will sing 
at all the consecration meetings of the year. 



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Chapter XIII 
The Flower Committee 

What is the flower committee to do? 

It is to provide flowers for the church, when 
this work is not done by some other organiza- 
tion. It is to provide flowers for the Junior 
meetings, and take them afterwards to the sick 
and to others. It is to make use of flowers in 
other helpful ways. 

Where will the flower committee get its flowers? 

From the homes of the members. It may buy 
them in the winter, if it can get money for the 
purpose. 

How may the flower committee get money for 
flowers? 

If it furnishes flowers for the church, it will 
call upon the older church-members to supply 
money for them, at least during the time of 
year when they cannot be obtained in the gar- 
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flower entertainments for raising money, or 
earn it in other ways. 

How may the committee and the society raise 
flowers? 

Each member of the committee may have a 
flower garden for the purpose, or, at least, a 
flower-bed which he will tend. The members 
of the society may each be given one package 
of flower-seed to raise. Bulbs may be distributed 
among the members, to be raised and brought 
to the church when in bloom. The different 
members may agree to raise different kinds of 
house plants for the decoration of the church. 
Also the committee will find out what members 
of the congregation have house plants that can 
be used for the church, and when they will be 
in blossom. 

How may the committee stimulate the raising 
of flowers? 

By holding an annual exhibition of flowers 
and plants raised by the members, and offering 
rewards for the best gardens and best flower- 
beds and the best plants of different kinds. 

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What from the fields and the woods wUl the 
committee use for decoration? 

Wild vines, branches of bright leaves, stalks 
of corn and sheaves of wheat, bunches of fruit, 
branches full of bright berries, evergreen 
boughs, and all kinds of wild flowers. 

What may the committee do for the church 
yard? 

It may cultivate flower-beds there, and keep 
the lawn and the walks neatly. All this will be 
done under the supervision of the proper church 
officers. 

What use will the committee make of the 
flowers after the Sunday services are over? 

They will take them to the sick and the aged, 
and to all whom the society wishes to honor. 
The flowers will be given on the occasion of 
birthdays and other anniversaries. 

How may the flowers be used as rewards? 

They may be given to the Juniors that have 
attended without fail for three months at a 
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members, and to the new members themselves; 
also to those that lead the meeting for the first 
time, and to others that have done special work. 

What should always go with the flowers? 

Some message from the committee telling who 
sent the flowers and why they are sent, and 
adding some expression of the society's good 
will and love. Moreover, the committee will 
take the flowers in person, and will not merely 
send them by some unsympathetic messenger. 



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Chapter XIV 
The Information Committee 

What is the object of the information com- 
mittee? 

To tell the Juniors about interesting Chris- 
tian Endeavor events in all parts of the world, 
and about new methods in Junior Christian 
Endeavor work; also to give interesting news 
about your denomination and its work, at 
home and abroad, and the progress of Christ's 
Kingdom everywhere. 

Why is this committee important? 

Because the Juniors will not be enthusiastic 
for Christian Endeavor unless they know about 
it; and the more they know about it, the better 
they will work for it. 

How large should the committee be? 

It may have only one member, if yours is a 
small society; or it may have as many as three 
members, or more. 

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How often shoiild the committee report? 

As a rule, at every prayer meeting; but if any 
meeting is sure to be crowded, the report of the 
information committee may be omitted. The 
report may best come after the opening song and 
before the leader's remarks on the topic. 

Who will call for the report of the committee? 

The leader should have a written order of 
exercises, in which the report of this committee 
is set down. If by any mistake the report is not 
called for, the chairman of the committee will 
rise and say, "The information committee has 
not given its report.'' 

When the committee has several members, 
who should make the report? 

The members of the committee will report, 
taking turns. The chairman will see that this is 
done, and, besides taking his turn, he may 
sometimes add to the report made by another 
member of the committee. 

How long a report should be given? 

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than that, if the news does not call for five 
minutes. Do not pad it. 

Where will the committee get its information? 

From the Christian Endeavor and other relig- 
ious papers. The Junior Christian Endeavor 
World contains in every number a supply of 
Christian Endeavor news paragraphs written 
especially for this committee, two or more for 
each meeting of the month. 

What kinds of news items should be chosen? 

Those that will interest the Juniors. Do not 
often select accounts of meetings, for those are 
so much alike that they do not arouse interest. 
Often report new and good plans that the 
society can carry out. 

In what way should the report be given? 

The speaker will get far better attention if 
he comes forward and faces the society. He will 
never read from a paper, but he will get the facts 
well fixed in his mind and tell them to the 
society in his own words. He should be brisk, 
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now and then. He will speak clearly and 
earnestly. He will be practical, and will apply 
his information to the needs of his own society. 
He should practise making his report before he 
comes to the meeting. 

What are some different ways of making the 
report? 

Sometimes all three members will stand be- 
fore the society, and each in turn will give a 
brief report. Sometimes the report will be 
printed in big letters on a large sheet of paper 
and placed before the society. Sometimes the 
speaker will ask the Juniors to repeat after him 
the information he has just given, so as to im- 
press it on their minds. Sometimes the speaker 
will ask questions on the information given for a 
month back, to see whether the society remem- 
bers it. Sometimes the committee, for several 
months, will give information each week about 
Christian Endeavor work in a different country. 



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Chapter XV 
The Temperance Committee 

How large may the Junior temperance com- 
mittee be? 

It may consist of only a single member, if the 
society is not large enough to have a larger 
committee. 

What is the work of the committee? 

To conduct the Junior temperance meetings, 
or, at least, help in carrying them on, if the 
committee is not large enough to conduct all 
of them. Also to do what it can to arouse in the 
society an interest in temperance and give 
knowledge about temperance. 

Where will the temperance committee get its 
facts? 

From the annual temperance almanacs and 
handbooks and from the weekly and monthly 
temperance papers; also from books about tem- 
perance and the lives of workers for temperance. 

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How will the temperance committee get the 
Juniors interested in temperance reading? 

By lending these books and magazines with 
the most interesting parts marked. By finding 
interesting temperance stories in the Sunday- 
school library and the public library and telling 
the society about them. 

How can the temperance committee keep the 
subject of temperance before the society? 

By taking, with the superintendent's per- 
mission, one minute or more at each Jimior 
meeting to give one temperance fact or anec- 
dote. 

What use may be made of temperance pic- 
tures? 

There are many effective temperance pictures, 
including cartoons, diagrams, and charts. These 
may be cut out by the committee and mounted 
on pasteboard, to hang in the Junior room or to 
pass around among the members. 

What use may be made of temperance mottoes? 

Striking facts bearing on temperance may be 

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printed on placards and hung in the Junior 
room. These should be changed as soon as the 
Juniors become familiar with them. 

What use will be made of song by the com- 
mittee? 

There are bright temperance song-books for 
sale by the Women's Christian Temperance 
Union and the National Temperance Society. 
The committee may get up a temperance chorus 
to sing these at the society meetings. 

How will the temperance committee use the 
pledge? 

Temperance pledges will be distributed among 
the members for all to sign that will. Make a 
list of the signers. A society temperance pledge 
may be made, to be framed and hung in the 
Junior room, signed by all the members and by 
the new members as they join the society. Some 
societies will prefer a pledge-book instead of a 
wall pledge. 

How will the temperance committee make 
the temperance meetings of the society shine? 

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Prepare for them long in advance. Arm all 
the Jtiniors with temperance facts for them to 
repeat in the meeting. Have temperance poems 
recited and temperance songs simg. Exhibit 
temperance charts and pictures, with explana- 
tions. Have a Jtmior give an account of the life 
of some great temperance worker, like Miss 
Willard or John B. Gough. Get some strong 
outside speaker to talk to the society. Have 
many prayers for temperance. 



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Chapter XVI 
The Good-Literature Committee 

What work should a Junior good-literature 
committee do? 

It should try to get the members of the society 
to read good books, papers, and magazines. 

Who should be members of the committee? 

The boys and girls that like to read the best 
books and periodicals, and will be active in 
recommending them to others. 

What papers and magazines will the good- 
literature committee urge the Juniors to read? 

The Junior Christian Endeavor World, and 
the children's papers and magazines published 
b}^ your denomination, especially those of the 
missionary boards. It will also call attention to 
especially helpful stories, articles, and poems in 
the religious periodicals for adults and in secular 
periodicals. 

How will the good-literature committee add 
to the circulation of these periodicals? 

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By getting up clubs for them. Send for 
sample copies and for terms to agents and pre- 
mium lists. Lend the sample copies among your 
friends. Speak about the papers in the society 
meetings. Sometimes you may read in the soci- 
ety meetings bits of especially good articles. 
Keep sample copies hung up in the society 
meeting-place, each marked with the subscrip- 
tion price. Call from house to house, seeking 
subscribers. Often you will be most successful 
if you go right to the parents of the children, 
for they have the money to spend. 

What kinds of books will the committee try to 
get the Juniors to read? 

The best stories, those that make the readers 
better Christians. Lives of the noblest men, 
especially of the great missionaries. Books 
about this beautiful world, and God's work in it. 
Books about the Bible, and books about our 
country. 

How will the Juniors get the books that the 
committee recommends as worth reading? 

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The committee will name some that can be 
found in the Sunday-school library, and others 
that are in the public library. You may get up a 
Junior library, giving entertainments to raise 
money for the books. Arrangements may be 
made for lending good books among the Juniors, 
the books to be passed from one to another in a 
certain order, and kept by each Junior for one 
or two weeks. 

How will the committee get the Juniors in- 
terested in good books? 

A member of the committee, after reading a 
book and becoming enthusiastic about it, will 
tell the society a little about it at a society 
meeting, holding it up. Ask on the spot what 
Junior would like to read it, and hand it over 
at once. 

How is a reading-contest conducted? 

The committee will offer some reward, per- 
haps a book, which will be given to the Junior 
who reads in six months the largest number of 
books and the best-selected list. 

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What can the good-literature committee do 
to help others to good reading-matter? 

It can gather up the books, magazines, and 
papers that the Juniors have read, and can 
send or take them to children's hospitals, 
orphans' homes, and other places. 

What are reading-circles? 

Groups of Juniors, organized by the good- 
literature committee, who will meet at the 
homes of the members, each group to read some 
book which it has selected under the guidance 
of the superintendent. 

What will the good-literature committee gain 
from this work? 

A better knowledge of books and a deeper 
love for good reading. Both of these are in- 
valuable. 



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Chapter XVII 
The Birthday Committee 

What is the duty of the birthday committee? 

To keep a list of the birthdays of the Juniors, 
both active and preparatory members, of the 
superintendent, pastor, pastor's wife, and all 
others whom the society may wish to honor on 
their birthdays. The committee will see that 
these birthdays are properly observed. 

How will this list be arranged? 

In the order of the days, so that the com- 
mittee can tell at a glance just what birthdays 
come next. 

How will the birthdays be observed in the 
meetings? 

The committee will give a report when the 
superintendent calls for it, saying, 'The birth- 
days of Robert Jones, Mary Clements, and 
Francis Hannay come this week." They will 
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seven days to come, not the birthdays of the 
past seven days. 

What will be done next after this report? 

The superintendent may offer a prayer for 
these Juniors, or she may call upon some mem- 
ber of the birthday committee to pray for them. 
The superintendent may give them a little word 
of advice for the new year of their lives. 

How may the birthdays be celebrated by 
music? 

The society may choose a birthday hymn to 
be sung at all such times during the year. Or 
the Juniors whose birthdays come during the 
week may each choose a hymn which will be 
their hymn for the year, and one verse of each 
hymn (or more verses if you have time ) may be 
sung by the society. 

What use may be made of birthday mottoes? 

The birthday committee may choose a year's 
motto for each of the Juniors whose birthdays 
are being celebrated, and may give these mottoes 
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them to do so. Then each Junior whose birthday 
is celebrated will read his motto aloud. Or, the 
committee may get the Juniors to select their 
own mottoes for the year and bring them to the 
meeting to announce. It will be pleasant if the 
committee can print out the mottoes neatly on 
heavy cardboard, so that the Juniors may hang 
them up in their rooms. 

What use may be made of flowers? 

The flowers with which the flower committee 
has decorated the room may be given to the 
Juniors whose birthdays are celebrated. This 
use of flowers is especially suitable if you are 
celebrating the birthday of your pastor or his 
wife or the Junior superintendent. 

What birthday gifts may be made? 

Each Junior whose birthday is celebrated may 
be asked to bring to the raeeting as many pen- 
nies as he or she is years old, and drop them 
into the contribution-box, one by one, while 
the society counts aloud. 

What gifts may be made to those whose birth- 
days you are celebrating? 

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The society may have a fund to which each 
member may give ten cents from which ten-cent 
presents may be bought for each Junior on his 
birthday. Some helpful little book would be 
appropriate. Special collections may be made 
to buy birthday presents for the pastor and his 
wife and the superintendent; but if that is done, 
no one should be allowed to give more than one 
cent. It is not the cost of the gift that counts, 
but the love that goes with it ; and our societies 
must not do anything in which the poorest 
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Chapter XVIII 
The Sunshine Committee 

What is the work of the sunshine committee? 

To do any helpful, cheering, loving deed that 
the members can think of. 

What if the deed you think of falls naturally 
to the hands of another committee? 

Then suggest it to that committee and offer 
to help in doing it, if your help is wanted. If 
after a while it is not done, then your committee 
may do it. 

Who are to suggest the things the sunshine 
committee may do? 

Any member of the committee, and the super- 
intendent. You should also ask for suggestions 
from the pastor, from your parents, from the 
older church workers, and from all friends and 
helpers of the society. 

Whom will the sunshine committee especially 
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The sick, especially sick children and the sick 
of the Junior society. The poor, especially poor 
children. Those in hospitals and asyliims and 
almshouses and homes for the aged. Those that 
are lonely. Old people that are confined to the 
house or to their rooms. Strangers in the town 
and in the church. Foreigners, especially the 
poor among the emigrants. 

What can the sunshine committee do for the 
sick? 

It can visit them, when they are able to see 
visitors and their parents think it is best. It 
can sing in the hospitals. It can help the flower 
committee take flowers to the sick. It can carry 
fruit and jelly and other good things to sick- 
rooms. It can play games with those that are 
getting well but are still confined to the house. 

What can the sunshine committee do with 
pictures? 

It can lend the most beautiful pictures it can 
find, placing them on the walls of sick-rooms, 
and moving them from house to house as they 
become famiHar. 

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What can the sunshine committee do with 
books? 

Its members can take their own favorite 
books and lend them to those that are shut in 
and will enjoy them. The same thing can be 
done with magazines. Often the sick one will 
not be able to read, but will enjoy hearing some 
Junior read aloud. 

What can the sunshine committee do with 
song? 

They can cheer the aged by singing outside 
their homes or in their houses. Call these visits 
'^serenades.'' Never make such a visit unless 
you have been assured by some member of the 
household that the visit will be welcome. 

What can be done with letters? 

Sometimes when you cannot see those whom 
you would like to help you can write them jolly 
letters which will do them almost as much good 
as visits would do. The committee may join 
together in writing these letters. 

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How may the sunshine committee help the 
poor? 

By collecting food and clothing and giving 
it out. By gathering up toys for the children, 
and other things to make them happy. All this 
work will be done under the advice and with 
the aid of some wise grown-up who knows the 
real needs of the poor and how to help them 
without hurting them. 

In what spirit will the sunshine committee 
work? 

In the loving spirit of Jesus; and working in 
His spirit, they will be indeed a blessing. 



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Chapter XIX 
The Scrap-Book Committee 

What is the work of the Junior scrap-book 
committee? 

To aid the society in every way with the use 
of cUppings and scrap-books and similar things. 

What scrap-books will the committee keep 
for the other committees? 

Tt will start and keep up a set of committee 
scrap-books, one for each of the committees. In 
these scrap-books the committee will gather up 
the methods of work it can find for the different 
committees. The Junior Christian Endeavor 
World, for instance, prints in every number some 
method of work for each of the principal Junior 
committees, and these in the course of the year 
make twelve methods for each committee. The 
Christian Endeavor World also has very many 
methods for Junior societies. 

What help may the committee give to the 
missionary committee? 

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It may make a set of missionary scrap-books, 
one book for each raissionary country, full of 
interesting facts and pictures relating to that 
country. Sometimes it will be best to put these 
clippings into a set of envelopes, one for each 
country, so that they can be given out sepa- 
rately to the Juniors. 

How may the scrap-book committee help the 
flower committee? 

It may make a collection of beautiful extracts 
in prose and poetry and may paste these on 
cards. The flower committee will write personal 
messages on the cards and will send them with 
their flowers to the sick and others. 

How may the scrap-book committee aid the 
sunshine committee? 

It may make scrap-books for the hospitals, and 
for the sick of the Junior society and the congre- 
gation. These scrap-books should be very light, 
consisting of only a few sheets fastened together, 
and perhaps each of only a single sheet. Thus 
the committee may make sheets of jokes, sheets 

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of lovely poems, sheets each of which contains a 
pleasant story, sheets of funny pictures, and so on. 

How may the scrap-book committee use 
Christmas cards, Easter cards, and the like? 

It may cover fans with them for the sick. It 
may cover screens with them. It may put them 
together for the covers of their scrap-books. It 
may tie them in bunches to be given out, a 
dozen at a time. 

What will the scrap-book committee do with 
the chapters of serials? 

It may cut them out, fold them, and place 
them all together in an envelope, properly 
marked. These envelopes will be much prized in 
sick-rooms. 

How may the scrap-book committee help the 
temperance committee? 

By making collections of temperance articles, 
long and short, and teraperance poems and 
stories, giving them to the temperance commit- 
tee for use in their work. 

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How may the scrap-book committee help the 
prayer-meeting committee? 

By keeping in mind the topics of the coming 
meetings, and setting aside for the use of the 
prayer-meeting committee all the poems and 
prose extracts and anecdotes that bear on the 
prayer-meeting topics. 

How will the scrap-book committee get ma- 
terial for its work? 

It will gather up from the homes of the mem- 
bers all the old papers and magazines it can find. 
It will soon discover what periodicals give it the 
best material, and part of the gain that will 
come to the committee will be this knowledge 
of periodicals. 

How will the committee get its work done? 

It will meet regularly once a month for de- 
lightful evenings with the scissors and the paste- 
brush. 



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Chapter XX 

Junior Prayer-Meeting Leaders 

What is the work of the prayer-meeting 
leader? 

To plan the meetings, with the help of the 
superintendent, and then to do what he can to 
make the meetings successful. 

When should the leader begin his preparation? 

As soon as he learns that he is to lead the 
meeting. He should at once read the verses 
chosen for the meeting and fix the subject of the 
meeting well in mind, so that he can think about 
it at odd minutes and get ideas for it. 

What should the leader put into his opening 
words at the meeting? 

Just one thought about the subject. He may 
write this out and read it, but it is far better if 
he has it in mind so well that he can speak it 
without having it written. That makes it seem 
to come more from his own life. This opening 

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talk should be very simple — no more than the 
Junior would say if he were not leading. 

For what else will the leader prepare? 

He will make out a list of hjnmns to be sung 
(with the help of the music committee, if his 
society has one). He will read the special direc- 
tions for the meeting in The Junior Christian 
Eitdeavor World, and will carry out the sugges- 
tions made there as far as they fit his society. 

What will be most helpful in planning a 
meeting? 

To introduce one feature that is new. It may 
not be wholly new, but it should not have been 
used for a long time. This novelty will freshen 
up the entire meeting and increase the interest 
of the members in it. You will find many sug- 
gestions for such plans in the committee depart- 
ment of The Junior Christian Endeavor World 
under the heading, "For Prayer-Meeting Com- 
mittees," and also in the prayer-meeting depart- 
ment under the heading, 'Tor Junior Leaders.*' 

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What is most necessary for the leader to do 
in beginning the meeting? 

Begin promptly on time, and in a bright, 
strong way that means business. Take hold of 
the meeting with vigor and it is likely to move 
with vigor all through. 

What is most necessary for the leader to re- 
member in carrying out his programme for the 
meeting? 

To move briskly from one point to the next 
without hesitating and delaying. Have a pro- 
gramme that will fill the hour full, and then 
push your programme rapidly so that it will not 
stretch out beyond the hour. 

What are some features that should be in 
nearly all prayer meetings? 

Sentence prayers, giving all a chance to con- 
tribute very brief prayers to a chain of prayers. 
Singing, bright and cheery, and lots of it. Some- 
thing about the topic from as many of the mem- 
bers as will contribute. Leave a lot of room for 
this. The answering of written questions on the 
subject, which the leader will obtain from The 

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Junior Christian Endeavor World and give out 
to the members. Also some additional feature, 
like a recitation or a vocal solo or a blackboard 
talk. And, of course, the superintendent's talks 
and drills will be included. 

What will be the best help the Junior leader 
can have in his leading? 

Prayer. Ask God to help you, and He will be 
sure to do so. He will help you in getting some- 
thing to say, if you are industrious; and He will 
help you to plan the meeting, if you will do 
your part toward getting plans; and He will 
help by putting His spirit into the meeting so 
that it will be a great success. Rely upon Him. 



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Chapter XXI 
The Preparatory Members 

What are the preparatory members of the 
Junior Christian Endeavor society? 

They are those that wish to attend the meet- 
ings and promise to behave while there. 

Why are they called preparatory members? 

Because they are preparing to become active 
members. They do not intend to remain pre- 
paratory members ver}^ long. 

Why are the preparatory members to attend 
the Junior meetings regularly? 

Because that is the only way to learn about 
the Junior society and work into its ways so as 
to become able to be a good active member. 

Why must the preparatory member promise to 
behave in the Junior meetings? 

Because if he is not orderly and attentive he 
cannot get good from the meetings, and he will 
be preventing others from getting good. If he 
does not behave, it is a sign that he does not 
really wish to be a true Christian Endeavorer. 

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What is another name for preparatory mem- 
bers? 

'Trial members," because they are on trial to 
see whether they really have an}^ place in the 
Junior Christian Endeavor society and deserve 
membership in it. 

Should the preparatory members take part in 
the Junior meetings? 

Yes, in a quiet, modest wa}', and as soon as 
possible. That is the only way in which they 
and the superintendent can tell whether they 
are ready for active membership or not. 

How shoxild the preparatory member begin to 
take part? 

By reading a verse from the Bible, or some 
other quotation. This quotation should be read 
over often at home, so that the preparatory 
member is very familiar with it and can read 
it without making a mistake. It should be read 
clearly and loudly so that all may hear. 

How will the preparatory member go on in his 
preparation? 

He may after a while commit to memory his 
Bible verse or other quotation and repeat it in 
the meeting. Then he may offer a little sen- 

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tence prayer when prayers are called for. The 
best way is to commit to memory one of the 
Bible prayers, perhaps a verse from some Psalm, 
and repeat that as a prayer. 

What committee work may the preparatory 
member do? 

He may be placed upon a Junior committee 
to help the active members in it. Here he will 
do the best he can, and try to do as well as the 
active members. 

What work will not be given to the prepara- 
tory members? 

They will not be made leaders of meetings or 
chairmen of committees. Only active members 
are given such work. 

What will the preparatory members do in the 
consecration meetings? 

They will be ready to answer, ''Present," when 
their names are called at the roll-call; in some 
societies, however, their names are not called at 
all — only the names of the active members. As 
soon as possible they will add something to this 
response of ''Present," and that will be one sign 
that they are ready for active membership. 

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Who is to say when the preparatory member 
is ready to be an active member? 

The superintendent. She will watch the pre- 
paratory members, and she is eager to advance 
them just as soon as they are ready for it. 



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Chapter XXII 
The Quiet Hour 

What is meant by the Quiet Hour? 

It is a regular time spent every day in reading 
the Bible and thinking about it and about our 
lives, and in praying to God and hearing what 
He has to say to us. 

How is the Quiet Hour connected with our 
Junior pledge? 

In the pledge we promise to pray and read the 
Bible every day and to try to lead Christian 
lives. The Quiet Hour is to help us to do these 
things. 

What are the Comrades of the Quiet Hour? 

An organization established by Dr. Clark. 
The United Society of Christian Endeavor en- 
rolls as Comrades of the Quiet Hour all that 
make it a rule of their lives to spend some 
definite part of every day — at least fifteen 
minutes — in quiet Bible-reading and prayer. 

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At what time should the Quiet Hour be ob- 
served? 

At some regular time every day. Early in the 
morning is the best time. 

How does one become a Comrade of the Quiet 
Hour? 

Write to Rev. Francis E. Clark, Tremont 
Temple, Boston, saying that you would like to 
be a Comrade of the Quiet Hour and enclosing 
a two-cent stamp. The Quiet Hour covenant 
will be returned to you. You will sign it and 
keep it. 

Where should the Quiet Hour be kept? 

In the same place, as a rule, because being in 
that place will come to suggest good thoughts 
to you and put you in the right mood for the 
Quiet Hour. 

Why is it best to observe the Quiet Hour early 
in the morning? 

Because your mind is fresh then and you can 
think better. Besides, your prayers and Bible- 
reading can then be carried right into the work 
of the day to help you in it. 

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Is it all right to observe the Quiet Hour at 
night? 

Yes, if you cannot well observe it in the morn- 
ing. In that case you will think about what has 
happened in the day and pray for God's blessing 
on the next day. 

Why is it best to keep the Quiet Hour for at 
least fifteen minutes? 

The word ''hour" does not mean a literal 
hour, but a ''period." At least fifteen minutes 
is not too much, surely, to talk with our dear 
Father in heaven, who is doing all things for us. 

How should we begin our Quiet Hours? 

By reminding ourselves that our heavenly 
Father is in the room with us and that He is 
ready to hear whatever we have to say to Him 
and help us in all our troubles and answer all 
our prayers in the best way. Then we are to 
talk with Him about the things that concern us 
most deeply. 

Why should we read the Bible in our Quiet 
Hours? 

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Because the Bible is God's letter to us. It is 
the book which He has given us for our guide 
in life. We shall make no mistake if we follow 
its teachings. 

What are the gains from following the Quiet 
Hour? 

We shall be stronger for all our duties and we 
shall enjoy all our pleasures more because we 
shall be closer to Jesus. 



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Chapter XXIII 
The Tenth Legion 

What is the Tenth Legion? 

It is an enrollment of all those that make it a 
practice to set apart at least one-tenth of their 
income and use it for religious work. 

How was the Tenth Legion started? 

It was founded by Mr. W. L. Amerman in the 
New York City Christian Endeavor Union, and 
was soon adopted by the United Society of 
Christian Endeavor as a world-wide movement 
for generous giving. 

What is the meaning of the name? 

It refers to a great and powerful band of 
soldiers led by Julius Caesar, the famous Roman 
general. It was called *'The Tenth Legion." It 
is hoped that the legion of those that give the 
tenth will do as much for the kingdom of heaven 
as Caesar's legion did for his earthly kingdom. 

Why did the ancient Jews give a tenth? 

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They gave a tenth (or a tithe — the word 
means the same ) to keep up the services in the 
Temple and for other purposes. Often they gave 
as much as three-tenths of their income. 

Why should modern Christians give a tenth? 

We are not under Jewish law, but we surely 
should do as much as the Jews did for our relig- 
ion, which is so much better than theirs. 

But ought not all Christians to give to God all 
that they have? 

Yes, in a sense; that is, all that we have 
should be used in the way God wants us to use 
it, because He gave it all to us; but of course He 
does not expect us to use it all in distinctively 
religious work. But if we set apart one- tenth 
for religious work, it will help us to use all our 
money in the way He wants us to. 

How is it like Sunday? 

We are to keep all our time sacred to God 
and use it all in the way He wants us to use it; 
but we set apart one-seventh of our time for 
definite religious uses so that we may use all 

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our time in the right way. Just so, setting apart 
one-tenth of our money for definite religious pur- 
poses helps us to use it all in the right way. 

What is meant by "income"? 

All the money that * 'comes in," whether it is 
given to us or we earn it, and whether it comes 
in regularly or irregularly. 

What if it is given us to use for religious pur- 
poses, as for Sunday-school and Junior collec- 
tions? 

Then, of course, we are to use for that purpose 
all that is so given. 

How may we join the Tenth Legion? 

Write to General Secretary William Shaw, 
Tremont Temple, Boston, telling him you want 
to join, and sending a two-cent stamp. He will 
return the Tenth Legion certificate, which you 
are to keep. 

Who is to decide how the tenth will be used? 

You are to decide, with the advice of your 

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whatever you think to be the purposes that are 
closest to Christ's heart. 



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